Electronic death registration system.
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Overview
This bill updates California’s system for registering deaths, moving it to a modern, electronic format. It requires the State Department of Public Health to implement an internet-based system for creating, storing, and transferring death registration information. The system will be accessible to a wider range of individuals, including physicians and medical examiners, in addition to current certificate-completing staff.
Key provisions
- Requires the State Registrar to implement an updated, electronic death registration system.
- Allows health care providers (physicians, medical examiners, local registrars) to access the system.
- Mandates the use of computer and mobile telephone applications within the system.
- Maintains the option for local districts to file death certificates manually.
- Specifies that the system must protect the proper use of death registration information.
- Updates existing sections of the Health and Safety Code regarding death registration.
- Addresses data accessibility and release limitations.
- Authorizes the use of computer or telephone facsimile technology.
Who is affected
- State Department of Public Health
- Local Registrars of Births and Deaths
- Physicians
- Medical Examiners
- Healthcare Providers
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